# Kibana start problem issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 28, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147 "2019-08-28T15:12:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![akatla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/akatla/32/24036_2.png) [@akatla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akatla)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/1 "2019-08-28T15:12:35Z")

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Getting this error when Kibana is started and it won't start -

**Elasticsearch -OSS and Kibana - OSS version 7.2**

FATAL [index\_not\_found\_exception] no such index [.kibana], with { resource.type="index\_or\_alias" & resource.id=".kibana" & index\_uuid="_na_" & index=".kibana" } :: {"path":"/.kibana/\_count","query":{},"body":"{"query":{"bool":{"should":[{"bool":{"must":[{"exists":{"field":"index-pattern"}},{"bool":{"must\_not":{"term":{"migrationVersion.index-pattern":"6.5.0"}}}}]}},{"bool":{"must":[{"exists":{"field":"visualization"}},{"bool":{"must\_not":{"term":{"migrationVersion.visualization":"7.2.0"}}}}]}},{"bool":{"must":[{"exists":{"field":"dashboard"}},{"bool":{"must\_not":{"term":{"migrationVersion.dashboard":"7.0.0"}}}}]}},{"bool":{"must":[{"exists":{"field":"search"}},{"bool":{"must\_not":{"term":{"migrationVersion.search":"7.0.0"}}}}]}}]}}}","statusCode":404,"response":"{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"index\_not\_found\_exception","reason":"no such index [.kibana]","resource.type":"index\_or\_alias","resource.id":".kibana","index\_uuid":"_na_","index":".kibana"}],"type":"index\_not\_found\_exception","reason":"no such index [.kibana]","resource.type":"index\_or\_alias","resource.id":".kibana","index\_uuid":"_na_","index":".kibana"},"status":404}"}

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**Author:** ![akatla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/akatla/32/24036_2.png) [@akatla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akatla)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/2 "2019-08-28T15:15:19Z")

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Also, I have been seeing the below error sometimes -

{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-08-28T14:33:38Z","tags":["warning","migrations"],"pid":1442,"message":"Another Kibana instance appears to be migrating the index. Waiting for that migration to complete. If no other Kibana instance is attempting migrations, you can get past this message by deleting index .kibana\_1 and restarting Kibana."}

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/3 "2019-08-28T18:55:16Z")

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Is this a new installation or existing? Which `.kibana*` indexes do you have in elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![akatla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/akatla/32/24036_2.png) [@akatla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akatla)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/4 "2019-08-28T19:51:25Z")

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new installation

elastic shows .kibana\_1 but I've installed elastic + kibana both 7.2.0

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/5 "2019-08-28T20:08:26Z")

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If you don't care about any of the Kibana-related information already stored, you can `DELETE .kibana_1` like the error message says. Otherwise, you can create an index alias for `.kibana` -\> `.kibana_1` and that should fix it: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html)

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**Author:** ![akatla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/akatla/32/24036_2.png) [@akatla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akatla)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/6 "2019-08-28T21:42:49Z")

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this worked however , the issue was elastic nodes were marked as masters only. Changed them to master + data and kibana worked !

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**Author:** ![akatla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/akatla/32/24036_2.png) [@akatla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akatla)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/7 "2019-08-28T21:43:25Z")

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@wylie , now I ran into this problem - [Saved object is missing Could not locate that visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-object-is-missing-could-not-locate-that-visualization/197231)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-start-problem-issue/197147/8 "2019-09-25T21:43:32Z")

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